Extracted

• • Target

    WizWormUPDATE.exe

  • Size

    37.7MB

  • MD5

    db0969723ce55d07ab0931a320411ce1

  • SHA1

    d89183adedd94cfba95c0cf619d004d94158849d

  • SHA256

    fa796ccbdb277c07688707b0c3cd6fe44848d77e25cadce285d03c45a6e32f37

  • SHA512

    b0c48339444d2f52489a42779045b72c69c722a9fde79932016345160a715a1d5e7482ce02c4b8506a8645ae4507ed6c17864f4d74e8d87e2810ff76bbeff08d

  • SSDEEP

    786432:drSR8JgzXVQBpoXSHl2gHHeQ7pEHe2RwSU7QvYppG9fJU0a1uzXE26Ef/:d2brV0pHHHe6EHe2uXAYpcfa1uV/

  Score

  10^/10

  xwormdiscoveryexecutionpersistencerattrojanchaosransomware

  • Chaos

    Ransomware family first seen in June 2021.

    ransomwarechaos

  • Chaos Ransomware

  • Chaos family

    chaos

  • Detect Xworm Payload

  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    trojanratxworm

  • Xworm family

    xworm

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

    execution

  • Checks computer location settings

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Drops startup file

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

  • Looks up external IP address via web service

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

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